Coordinator: Sandra Coveny
Meeting Facilitator- Tony Cheng

7:00	Call for additional Agenda items
7:05	Report from Steering Committee
7:30	Reports from around the watershed
7:45	Update on NMFS and the Governor's Salmon Plan, Oregon Forest Practices Act, and how it all effects the watershed council. Speaker: Louise Solliday, Governors Watershed Advisor. There will be a short presentation and then a question answer period. BRING YOUR QUESTIONS!
9:00	Adjourn

Last Months Meeting Highlights:

• Council Officers Elected: The MRWC now has officers in place. Chair is Chuck Lane from Blodgett, Vice Chair is Amy Schoener from Wren, Treasurer is Tom Thompson from Philomath, Scribe is Ray Drapek from Corvallis, and Meeting Facilitator is Tony Cheng from Corvallis.

• Watershed Work Funded: The Wren subbasin received $3,600 from GWEB to fund their water quality monitoring efforts. MRWC received promise of $20,500 from GWEB for conducting the watershed analysis of the Marys River Watershed. Updates and reports will be shared as progress is made.

• Louise Solliday from the Governor's Watershed Program to visit May 6 Council Meeting: At the April 1 council meeting there were many questions regarding the state of the Governor's Salmon Plan, and the current controversy between the Governor and the National Marine Fisheries Service regarding the Oregon Forest Practices Act. Ms. Solliday will be at the May 6 council meeting to address these and other questions from council members.

• Council agrees to seek funds to continue coordinator position through October 1999: The Steering Committee recommended, and the council agreed through the consensus process (with a quorum present), that Sandra Coveny will apply for a GWEB grant to fund a second year of the coordinator position, and that if funded, she will continue as the coordinator through October 1999.

Announcement:

If you are willing to accept your monthly meeting notice and other mailings from the MRWC via email to save postage and paper, and you have not yet notified me of your decision, please send an e-mail notifying me at sandrac@peak.org. If you have already agreed to accept mailings via email but still received this paper notice, please let me know. Thanks!